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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What county does Bill flee to in this chapter?

2. For what does Old Ike receive a permit?

3. What is the name of the second doctor Ike fetches?

4. Which of the following best describes what type of place Brownsville is?

5. What does Bill sign for the police in this segment?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what do appendices 4, 5, 6 and 7 consist?

2. Of what does this final section of the novel consist?

3. Describe Bill's time with the young drug users.

4. What is the purpose of what seems an irrelevant segment?

5. In what way do the police treat Bill badly?

6. How does Rollins help Bill make a recovery from drugs and alcohol?

7. Why do Pat and Bill decide to stop selling drugs?

8. Of what does Appendix 3 consist?

9. What is Bill's situation by the end of this segment?

10. Describe the drug trade in Mexico.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Burroughs' dialogue contribute to the following areas:

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 2

Junky is written in the first person with Bill Lee as narrator. Why do you think Burroughs chose to write the story in the first person? How do you think the meaning of the story would have changed if it were written in the third person?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Burroughs' life. In what way do you think his life and personality is reflected in the book?

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